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Fork With Timer

A fork with timer for providing a cue to a user after an elapsed period of time for indicating that another bite of food using the fork may be taken.

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Examiner: Patterson, Marie


Primary examiner statistics: 668 patents; average approval time: 668 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 230 patents; average approval time: 692 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8438756 Articles of footwear
8438757 Human locomotion assisting shoe
8429835 Composite shoe upper and method of making same
8424221 Training footwear
8424223 High-performance sports shoe
8418381 Lace system for footwear
8418379 Shoe sole with reinforcement structure
8413349 Corrective insole for treating defective positioning in the metat...
8413352 Club head cleaning attachment for a golf shoe
8407917 Apparatus, system, and method for shoe cover
8402675 Footwear construction and related method of manufacture
8397403 Resilient support
8393092 Footbed system and footwear construction
8387286 Skate
8387282 Cable tightening system for an article of footwear
8387277 Therapeutic system and method for altering the gait of a patient
8387279 Shoe sole for increasing instability
8387287 Protective cover for a bicycle cleat
8387278 Sole for footwear
8381415 Flip-flop back strap device
8381418 Fluid-filled chambers with tether elements
8375604 Article of footwear with multiple cleat systems
8375602 Shoe having lace fitting structure
8375603 Footwear tensioning system
8371046 Stirrup
8371043 Shoes
8371044 Shoes
8365442 Cleat assembly
8365439 Shoe having detachable cushioning member
8365443 Shoe with transverse aperture and cover
8359770 Dynamically moderated shock attenuation system for apparel
8359772 Safety footwear
8356426 Article of footwear
8356430 Article of footwear incorporating an illuminable fluid-filled cha...
8356429 Article of footwear with ball control portion
8353117 Decorative boot accessory
8347527 Shoe sole with integrated slip prevention elements
8347526 Shoes, devices for shoes, and methods of using shoes
8341856 Footwear with orthotic midsole
8341855 Spinning shoe

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7041344 Biaxially oriented polyester film for light-diffusing plate and l...
6982105 Fuel tank having molded reinforcements and method of making same
6974612 Laminated packaging material for paper container
6964796 Oxygen-absorbing resin composition and packaging container, packa...
6962736 Structural ply of a paperboard core, a paperboard core made there...
6924012 Pyrolytic boron nitride double container and manufacture thereof
6893693 High gloss disposable pressware
6887553 Roll of longitudinally folded masking material
6878442 Polyester film for metal plate laminate, film-laminated metal pla...
6875485 Resin composition for heat-shrinkable polypropylene shrink label ...
6875484 MULTI-LAYER EXPANSION-MOLDED ARTICLE OF POLYPROPYLENE RESIN, PROD...
6866905 Injection blow-molded disposable tumbler and method of making sam...
6846530 Lamination for specialty meat packaging
6844039 Elastane fiber spools provided with a variable application of a p...
6835436 Plastic structural element with inserts
6808804 Sheet-form layered structure with attractive appearance and utili...
6793996 Shoes
6783821 Polyamide composite having two or more layers
6723401 Vibration damping member and method of making same
6723398 Polymer blend and fabricated article made from diverse ethylene i...
6713138 Combination fluid collection container and drive-up service point...
6692804 High strength extruded tubular product and method for making said...
6682793 Multi-layered polymeric structures including a layer of ethylene ...
6677018 High pressure rubber hose and manufacturing method thereof
6652937 Composite thermoplastic-elastomer product
6652933 Flexible insulated pouch
6641876 In-mold container having label with integral peelable coupon, lab...
6641878 Optical pickup device holding container
6632494 HIGHLY ABSORBENT RESIN, ABSORBENT ARTICLE, DISPOSAL BAG OR PACKAG...
6596357 Multilayer fuser rolls having fluoropolymer coating on a complian...
6565935 Polymer concrete structures
6551671 In-mold label
6534139 Polyolefin-tie material free barrier carton with polyethylene ter...
6521319 Assembly for cleaning toner resin from a printing device and meth...
6514593 Mechanically locking Z-pins
6465068 Multilayer coextruded material for medical grade products and pro...
6440512 Hose construction containing ternary blend of polymers
6395357 Fuel permeation barrier fuel tank
6387462 Thermal insulating device for high temperature reactors and furna...
6383581 Reinforced, pressure-resistant flexible tube for mechanical end-w...
 
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